So here is my “Hit List” of revision topics > HIGHER HIT LIST for paper 2 ….
Remember we use the 1MA01 series from Edexcel so this list doesn’t apply to any other board! And as always you are entitled to your opinion … but this is what we’re going with.
Overall the first paper was good for us (we think!) and yes there were some bizarre “pseudo-context” questions and it got trending on Twitter but is that no surprise given that almost 3/4 of all students use this exam board … but… the whole twitter bandwagon thing was quite humorous. There was a pythag question that on first glance wasn’t obvious but once you labelled the picture it was quite evident what was needed (I like that question!!), and the same could be said for the cheese question that has got people talking – according to some of our students ‘the sums fell out easily’.
Anyway we told some of our students that today will do one of two things (1) give you a kick up the bum to do more revision because it DIDN’T go as well as it should or (2) give you a kick up the bum because it DID go really well and you think you are in with a chance of getting the next grade up, which is why we produce a ‘target list’ and a best guess paper – It’s a way of focussing our student’s revision and in no way meant as a guarantee. Some students when faced with a massive list of revision topics get over-awed (and as a result we’ve found that instead of making a start some students will do nothing as the mountain they have to climb seems insurmountable) and so we provide them with a finite list to give them a starting point. We’re also going to email it out to parents along with answers so they can check the work too!
HERE ARE OUR BEST GUESS PAPERS:
Higher Tier ->
Best Guess Paper 2 – Edexcel Linear HIGHER – JUNE 2015
Foundation Tier ->
Best Guess Paper 2 – Edexcel Linear FOUNDATION – JUNE 2015
I have some worked solutions for the Higher tier courtesy of the amazing Emma Bell (@El-Timbre) but its late and I need sleep … so I’ll get them up tomorrow night now!
Note: I have excluded questions for two way tables and probability trees from the Higher but we will be doing a quick couple of questions with the students on Saturday morning (revision) just in case. I have also excluded vectors as I don’t think you can do it justice with one question.
HEALTH WARNING: I’ve put these together based on our best guess of the broader topics and if nothing else, they’ll give you an opportunity to practice some maths before the exam on Monday. I have tried to make sure there are no mistakes but its just little ‘ol me and I make mistakes … I’m not infallible (hard to believe I know!)
Heres a DROPBOX LINK to solutions provided by Emma Bell (@El_Timbre) and Tom Bennison (@DrBennison) … follow them both … NOW!
Hi
You absolutely deserve an OBE for service to the nationwide community. You are an inspirational legend and so appreciated. Fantastic effort! Thanks so much
flattered seriously .. but its what we do for our students and so want others to benefit too. Thank you for your comments x
Thank you very much for producing this! It matches our faculty’s lists very closely, along with the ones published on http://www.mathswatch.co.uk.
You are a star!
Thanks Nick. We’re aiming this at those tricky borderline students which is what our track record has proven we’re good at ☺️
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Thank you for pulling this together. I work in FE and many students struggled yesterday and are knucling down to some revision this morning. Your paper is pitched just at the right level for them. Thank you. At some point between now and Monday will you post solutions too?
Solutions will be posted this evening
where can i find the mark scheme?
I will get solutions posted this evening
Thanks for all your efforts, it’s greatly appreciated.
Can you please post when the solutions are uploaded. It would be much appreciated! Thank You! 🙂
there is a dropbox link in the post now – with worked solutions.
oh ok around what time?
there is a dropbox link in the post now with solutions.
i cant find the link
Click on the words Dropbox link
For question 7)b) I thought the mode was the most common but its not as my answer is wrong. Could you please explain why
You’re right it should be 60 to 70 … I will get changed now! thanks
My fault! Tired eyes last night. Of course it’s 60 to 70 🙂
Thank you so much for these plus everything else you write about.
Anything that helps 🙂
Thank you ever so much for this, however I was rather confused on question 4, I calculated Hedge World to be cheaper but anyway thank you so much and Edexcel need to fix up on their English! Piece of bollops they are!! 😀
Hi. In Q1 it says n, m and p are prime numbers but in the answer n=4 which isn’t prime? Was the question just badly worded?
good shout … yes incorrectly worded question!! but you get the idea
yes .. youre right .. check out the JustMaths solutions
any one know rough grade boundaries or what 48 would be roughly
there are no grade boundaries as it doesn’t cover a broad enough range of topics. It isn’t meant to replicate an exam but to be used for practice
There aren’t any grade boundaries – there isn’t a broad enough range of levels of difficulty of question.
Hii! Where can i find the answers to this paper? Thank you
at the bottom of the post
where are the answers for the foundation paper?
they are in the dropbox link at the end of the post
Is there any chance that proof questions might come up? thanks 🙂
Possibly at the bank end of the paper. No guarantees
mark scheme ?????
This is for 2015 not 2016 by the way.
giz the mark scheme then
There’s a link on the blog post above your comment
Actually this is the paper from 2015 … The 2916 one is here https://justmaths.co.uk/2016/05/27/june-2016-best-guess-paper-2/